The two strands running through Clive Thurston's life are utterly incompatible. On the one hand is Carol, a rare bird in Hollywood, an actress with integrity and intelligence, and his own undistinguished literary output, a combination to bring him love, happiness and obscurity; on the other his fame, wealth and reputation-bringing play Rain Check, a one-off performance that cannot be repeated, and only Thurston knows why - and Eve.Even Carol does not know of the torments Thurston suffers on account of Eve. The dreadful counterpoint approaches its climatic cadence, driving him to the brink of despair, as he faces professional ruin, degradation and death, until at last, modulating the Eve-theme, he seeks to lead the melody back to Carol.Only James Hadley Chase could handle such a subject with such edge-of-chair assurance.

"Queen of Suspense" Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke are back with their fourth book in the *New York Times* bestselling Under Suspicion series; *Every Breath You Take* follows television producer's Laurie Moran investigation of the unsolved Met Gala murder--in which a wealthy widow was pushed to her death from the famous museum's rooftop.

Laurie Moran's professional life is a success--her television show *Under Suspicion* is a hit, both in the ratings and its record of solving cold cases. But her romantic break from former host Alex Buckley has left her with on-air talent she can't stand--Ryan Nichols--and a sense of loneliness, despite her loving family.

Now Ryan has suggested a new case. Three years ago, Virginia Wakeling, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and one of the museum's most generous donors, was found in the snow, after being thrown from the museum's roof on the night of its most...

When Joe Boyle delivered the message to Renzo, one of the toughest crime lords in the city, he didn't expect to be beaten to within an inch of his life. But the message was from Vetter, one the most dangerous underworld figures. No one had ever seen Vetter, but all the crime lords knew his reputation―whatever city he came to, he took over to his advantage leaving a pile of corpses in his wake. Joe is going to be lucky to stay alive when they realize that he maybe the only chance the city's underground has of striking Vetter first. Joe's only chance may lie in the arms of the beautiful lounge singer Helen Troy.

Would you leave your wife and son and travel to a city 300 miles away through dead infested territory for love? Trapped in the basement of their home, Kyle Reynolds, his wife Mary and son Eddie are in hiding. Hiding from creatures no one thought could ever exist. Instead of fights about sex and money the couple finds themselves at each other's throats over supplies and safety. The day finally came where Kyle had had enough. After every fight, Kyle would glance at the picture of Jasmine, the girl he should have married, hidden inside his wallet. She was his one and only love. He had to find her. Kyle’s journey begins the second he witnesses his wife murder their son before committing suicide. When death is replaced by an existing hell, the world as we know it ends. The recently dead have been coming back to life and infecting the living. Kyle’s only source of information comes from recorded radio broadcasts by lead researcher of the cause, Doctor Theodore Greenly. The dead cannot be killed, only stopped. Destroying the brain puts the infected in a dormant state. They are not alive, they are not dead, they merely exist. The Existing Dead continue to evolve making them harder to stop until Doctor Greenly makes a shocking discovery. Kyle’s journey takes a wild turn when he comes face to face with the Existing Dead.

Retired from law, Ben Kincaid is forced to return to the bar when a case—and a corpse—fall in his lapAfter years of struggling, Ben Kincaid shuts down his small legal office and decides to make a living doing something that—compared to practicing law in Tulsa—is easy money: playing jazz piano. He buys a minivan to haul his gear, and gets steady gigs playing in a combo at Uncle Earl’s Jazz Emporium. His new career is just starting to take off when a body falls from the Emporium ceiling, knocking the wind out of Kincaid and sending him right back to his old profession. The dead woman is Cajun Lily Campbell, agrand dameof the Tulsa music scene and onetime girlfriend of Uncle Earl himself. And Kincaid must be careful as he readies the old jazzman’s defense, because there is a killer on the north side of town who would like nothing more than to hear the piano player’s last tune.William Bernhardt (b. 1960), a former attorney, is a bestselling thriller author. Born in Oklahoma, he began writing as a child, submitting a poem about the Oklahoma Land Run toHighlights—and receiving his first rejection letter—when he was eleven years old. Twenty years later, he had his first success, with the publication ofPrimary Justice(1991), the first novel in the long-running Ben Kincaid series. The success ofPrimary Justicemarked Bernhardt as a promising young talent, and he followed the book with seventeen more mysteries starring the idealistic defense attorney, includingMurder One(2001) andHate Crime(2004). Bernhardt’s other novels includeDouble Jeopardy(1995) andThe Midnight Before Christmas(1998), a holiday-themed thriller. In 1999, Bernhardt founded Bernhardt Books (formerly HAWK Publishing Group) as a way to help boost the careers of struggling young writers. In addition to writing and publishing, Bernhardt teaches writing workshops around the country. He currently lives with his family in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Orphaned at the age of seven and adopted by the Indians, Jami Ian MacCallister grew into a man more at ease in the wilderness than among men. But when the westward strike drove him across the Arkansas Territory into Texas, he finally found himself a home—in the middle of a bloody war.Texans like Jim Bowie and Sam Houston were waging a fierce struggle against Santa Anna's Mexican army, and Jami MacCallister made the perfect scout for the fledgling volunteer force. What lay ahead of them was a place called the Alamo, thirteen days of blood, dust and courage, and a battle that would become an undying legend of the American West . . .

Inhaltsangabe1794 - Keiner an Bord des englischen Linienschiffs Justinian würde dem jungen Fähnrich Horatio Hornblower eine steile Karriere in der Marine Ihrer Majestät voraussagen. Denn als er seinen Dienst antritt, zieht ihn schon der erste Seegang in arge Mitleidenschaft. Aber schon bald gewinnt er mit schneller Auffassungsgabe und Wagemut die Achtung der Mannschaft. Und so wird ihm eine gefährliche Aufgabe übertragen: Mit nur vier Mann muss er eine gekaperte französische Brigg zur englischen Küste bringen. Der Aufstand der französischen Besatzung und ein Leck im Schiffsrumpf lassen diese Fahrt zu einem Wettlauf mit dem Tod werden. Nur mit allerletzter Kraft kann Hornblower seine Mission erfolgreich beenden und wird zum Leutnant befördert. Sein erstes Kommando steht bevor.Der AutorCecil Scott Forester (sein bürgerl. Name war Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith) wurde 1899 in Kairo als Sohn eines Beamten im Dienst der ägyptischen Regierung geboren. Er wuchs in England auf, absolvierte das Dulwich College und besuchte danach die Guy's Hospital Medical School, um Medizin zu studieren. Doch dann wandte er sich der Literatur zu. Er schrieb zunächst Gedichte und Artikel über Magazine und veröffentlichte mit 24 Jahren seinen ersten Bestseller. Danach schrieb er fast ununterbrochen Romane, Bühnenstücke, Filmdrehbücher und Geschichtsbücher, usw. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg lebte er in Kalifornien und starb 1966 während er weiter an Hornblowers Lebenslauf schrieb.Mr Midshipman Hornblower (1950)Horatio Hornblower, Band 1